Tuesday Ten Miles and a lovely story from my first marathon…

Josse and I started our Tuesday with ten miles this morning.  I’m noticing that speed work is aggravating my IT Band lately so I’ll probably just work on endurance (longer runs with medium to easy pace) for a bit because that doesn’t bother it and also keep up with strength and stretching too.  Once I give it a little time away from speed and build up my endurance then some more speed work will make it’s way into my life again but I’d rather have a happy leg than speedy mile splits for the next few weeks leading up to my race.

I am always amazed how well my body responds to scraping/graston and how much better it feels after I get it done.  I have felt zero pain since I had it done on Saturday.  I just don’t love the bruising so much ha.

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The amount of joy that we had when we realized the drinking fountains were on again (they turn them off for the winter) was pretty high on the joy scale.

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We were both pretty stoked that the sub 8 pace for 10 miles felt pretty relaxed.  It seems like it has been forever since this has been a thing.  Josse has a half-ironman (WOW) coming up in a few weeks and so she is killing it in three sports right now.  I’m amazed by triathletes.  For now I’m just happy that double digit runs are feeling more normal again but that definitely took some work to get there again.

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We look mad but we weren’t.  We were actually really happy post-run and already have our next run together planned out.  Running with people is my jam.  The miles zoom by because we have such important matters to discuss (we think they are important but they probably really aren’t in real life).

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Beautiful beautiful beautiful number right there for our temperature…

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I had a fun memory as I was packing my chapstick in my shorts pocket before my run…   For my first marathon I did 99.9% (literally) of my training on the treadmill so I always just had my water/chapstick/anything I needed hanging out on the treadmill.  Race day came and I needed to bring chapstick with me but had no idea where to put it so I had the brilliant idea to put it in my sports bra.  Um yeah.  The chaffing from that idea is something I will never forget.

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I was going through all of my pictures and came across this screenshot I took from THIS article by Kristin Armstrong from forever ago and it is a good one.  Workout = WORK IT OUT!

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I don’t think I have ever seen Brooke eat her sandwich put together… she always pulls it apart before eating it.

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This smoothie stage is going to stick around for awhile.

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Yep.  It’s a good stage.

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What food phase are you in right now?  Aka what are you eating a lot of lately?

Focusing on endurance or speed or both right now?

Who else is in triathlon training?  For which one?

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I’m eating a lot of watermelon. And I’m focusing on Strength more than endurance or speed currently. It’s part of my year long plan. I think too many runners forget about strength, me included, which is why I made it a 3 month cycle out of my year. So far it’s working out very well. My shorter runs are faster and my longer runs are feeling easier.

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Lately I’ve been doing bagels with peanut butter and sliced strawberries for breakfast. It’s been pretty fantastic.

Right now I’m just trying to get in any kind of workout wherever I can fit it in. I can’t wait to get back to marathon training but it will have to wait for a few more weeks at least! Something is better than nothing though, right!?

48 degrees is perfect running temps!

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My daughter is 2 and she takes apart all of her sandwiches as well ha! Kids are so funny. :) Right now I am in a salad phase. I just can’t get enough of them.

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Triathletes amaze me! The training is so demanding and I imagine it is difficult to excel at multiple sports all at once.
I just started training for my second marathon so my focus is currently endurance.
Right now I’m obsessed with golden beets and lentils, on their own or together in a power bowl. Yum!

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PB&J! I eat it daily….
I was trying for speed last night but got frustrated that I couldn’t maintain my pace for all 4 miles, only the first 2 so I gave up on my goal for my half-marathon on 5/1. Decided I’d rather “run happy” than be annoyed with not hitting split times.

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Yaaaas! PB&J is a daily thing around here, too.

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I’m excited for your friend’s half ironman!! How fun and challenging.

I’m eating a lot of nuts.. but fat makes me happy.

Right now I’m working on speed again. I got pretty comfy running at a slow speed and felt my cardio strength disappeared.

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I had graston on my IT band last spring, and I bruise easily anyway, but I had the most wicked bruising for several weeks. Everyone asked what happened to me and couldn’t believe I did it voluntarily! #runnerproblems

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Loving smoothies right now. And just plain fresh fruit. They are always so refreshing and make me feel good.

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Must have Trader Joes Cashew Butter!! Training for a full distance triathlon. (140.6 miles). Fell in love with tri’s last year. September is my race in Bear Lake. Have a few Marathons and 100 bike rides to use as training for the triathlon.

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I’ve been eating dark chocolate almonds every single night. Ground turkey, grilled chicken, sweet potatoes, apples, veggies (especially broccoli and green beans) and quest bars have been almost everyday occurrences!

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I have been on a homemade trail mix kick lately and I also love frozen berries with a splash of cashew milk and coconut….yummy! I have always wanted to do a triathlon. It sounds like such a great experience and would be so fun to rock it in three different sports.

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I used to pull my sandwiches apart too! In fact, I still do. I like seeing what’s inside because a couple of times weird ingredients that I can’t stand like mayo end up in them so I always have to be sure nothing funky’s in there.

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That acai bowl is making me drool!!!! And I love Brooke’s total look of concentration at her sandwich…adorbs!

Now that the weather has turned warmer…fruit has become a staple again! Enjoying papaya, pineapple, champagne mangoes…

I tend towards endurance more than speed. Something about just being outside for hours…it’s my happy place.
Ditto your sentiment about triathletes!!! I can’t even imagine swimming, then biking, and THEN running!?! Wherher its a full or half ironman, both equally as impressive!!!

Good luck, Josse!!!! Your gonna kill it!!!

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I have been loving egg sandwiches for about the last month.
Also Quest bars daily as my afternoon (3-4pm) snack.
I LOVE all nut butters but don’t often eat them because I have a bit of a portion control issue. :)
I am working on endurance now and have also been dealing with tight IT band issues. Never had scraping done and not sure where to even have that done. I do have a massage therapist that does intense ( read, painful) trigger point work.

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I’ve been eating a ton of hummus lately — which is fine by me!!
I am focusing more on speed right now, but still working to improve my endurance. I have a 15k coming up, so I think it is the perfect distance to really focus on both!

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I’ve been trying to focus on getting more calcium into my diet.

I normally bruise easily from Braxton and deep tissue massages as well. It normally takes about 4-5 days to feel better afterwards. Thanks for calming me down today, you’re the best!

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I always eat a lot of peanut butter–always. My training revolves around running, swimming, cycling but I am not competing in a tri–I just really, truly love the variety1

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I can’t get enough of roasted broccoli and sweet potatoes. I think it’s dinner at least 4 nights a week!

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We would be really good friends in real life:) I like your taste buds!

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That Kristin Armstrong quote is exactly what I needed, awesome!
Food phase= teff pancakes and mozzarella string cheese
Speed and endurance are occasional friends right now, but sometimes one needs its space; totally get where you are coming from!

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Right now I’m all about peanut butter and jelly on a bagel. My boyfriends mom makes homemade strawberry jelly and it is sooo good. And I agree.. 48 degrees is perfect running weather :)

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Who does your scraping for you?

I just ran 8 miles today I haven’t done that in almost three years. I’m super excited.

Hot dogs and green beans for my toddler on the regular.

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AHHHH WAY TO GO RACHAEL!!! 8 miles… you nailed it!!!

Josse (my running partner) actually does it for me! She is amazing!

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Those smoothie bowls look amazing!!!!! I’m loving toast with different jams!!

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Can’t get enough cottage cheese/papaya and toasted sourdough bread with blueberry jam/cottage cheese!!

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THAT SOUNDS AMAZING. I need both of those things right now:)

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Please share where you bought those squeezable Acai bowl things. I need!

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Hey Jillian!! I bought them at Sprouts! I have heard that people have found them at Costco too! So delicious:) I hope you get some asap!

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I’m focusing on rest right now as I just ran a 3:01 PR in Boston and I am brutally sore from those hills! More importantly, though, I meant a runner there who is from Utah and the first question I asked her was: “Oh! Do you know HungryRunnerGirl?”

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HOLY SPEEDY!! Congrats Emily! That is an incredible time at Boston. WOWZER!!! hahaha I love that you asked the Utahan that… seriously made my night. Recover well and soak in the post (AMAZING) race high!

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Protein pancakes for the win these days – Bananas + oats + a little PP + egg whites + cinnamon + coconut oil to grease the pan is absolute heaven for me!

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I’m loving grapes mixed with strawberries. The grapes soak up the strawberry juice or flavor and end up even more delicious. I’m jonesin for watermelon. I’m not sure if what’s in the stores is any good yet.

What exactly is that scraping thing you had done?

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I’m tri training! Iron Girl on August 7th and another 1-2 later summer if I can afford it. It was my favorite thing last year so I’m really excited for this year’s and my sister is doing it with me!

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AHHHH so so awesome Meagan! You are amazing. Please keep me updated with how your races go and that is so exciting that your sister is doing it with you! I love it!

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Nice job on the 10 miler Janae! Oh, I’ve missed reading your blog and I’m glad to be tuning in again when you are training! Oh, graston… I don’t miss it or the bruising but you know, it did work. If I ever train more seriously again, I might have to find someone that does it. Have you tried Active Release Therapy (ART)? That’s what I starting doing in place of Graston when I moved to Asheville…less painful, no bruising and works quite well!

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AMANDA!! So so good to hear from you!!! I have not tried ART but I have heard amazing things about it… I might need to try this. Now come to Utah and let’s go trail running together please:) I mean… we’ve been friends for like 5 years now:)

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So this is a silly question, and you may have answered it already, but how does Josse pronounce her name?

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Not a silly question at all… it sounds just like you would say Josie!!!

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AH! mystery solved. Ive been reading it with a silent “e” and thinking it was pronounced Joss. Now I know, Thanks!

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SURE!! I do the exact same thing when it comes to names… I HAVE TO KNOW how they are pronounced. Enjoy the rest of your night!!!

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I am obsessed with protein cookie dough! Cannot stop making/eating it.
I am recovering from a stress fracture. How long did it take for the pain/weird feeling in your foot to go away? I just started doing 2 minutes running/2 minutes walking today. My foot feels okayyyy. But it is hard to tell!
I have Graston done all the time too and my body responds very well!
Your blog is my favorite :)

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Um, what is protein cookie dough? Do you have a recipe?! It sounds delicious!

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Its awesome! Here is the recipe: https://jbirdruns.wordpress.com/2016/02/25/amanda-buccis-protein-cookie-dough/

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I’m in the “ice cream” phase. :S I’ve bought a lot of it recently, and normally that is NOT a staple in our house. Fertility meds suck! aka I eat what I want when I want. haha

I’m trying speed out right now. So far my legs don’t like me.

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-Wheat thins dipped in veggie cream cheese
-blueberry bagels with cream cheese
-chicken fajitas w/ guac and sour cream
-turkey and avo sandwiches on sourdough

OK…NOW I’M HUNGRYYYY! :)

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Only fellow women runners would look at the pic of your bruised legs and understand that scraping makes you feel so much better after, and the bruising goes away eventually. :)

Lately I’ve been obsessed with spaghetti and meat sauce and focusing on my running endurance.

My sister in law is a triathlete and a mom to a 1 year old and 3 year old. I am in awe of her dedication to the training involved in this sport.

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On my second marathon I was more concerned with a cute outfit than I was with practicality . So I put my three GUs in my sports bra. It looked like I ran a marathon with kittens in my sports bra, upside I was so cut up I forgot how sore my legs were.

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I’m in the bread + nutella stage for sure. It hits the spot perfectly. This is my go to breakfast before long runs. Just one piece of bread slathered with nutella and I’m ready for 20+ miles! This will be my breakfast before my marathon next weekend! :D

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tri-athletes so impress me. swimming is not my forte at all so someone who can swim then bike then run is a superstar to me. we have the ironman here in a few weeks and that always makes me feel super lazy lol…i may have run 12 miles that morning but thats nothing compared to what they are doing. your so lucky you have a friend to run with that is the same pace as you!

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I am loving green smoothies right now and salads with LOTS of toppings.

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I am enjoying VERY much the SLOW base building phase right now. :)

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